大学英语四级考试试题及答案解析(四十三)
一、Writing （本大题1小题．每题106.0分，共106.0分。
For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition . You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: ）
第1题
You're allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Competition by expressing your ideas on this concept. You'd write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Competition
【正确答案】：
答案:
Competition
Competition is connected with development, and it exists in every aspect of our human life. Even animals compete for survival in the wild.
Every coin has two sides. Competition has both positive and negative effects on us. For one thing, competition forces people to try their best and make them original and creative, thus making more achievements. For another, competition brings about pressture for our work and life, while too much pressure may destroy both our health and confidence, which may in turn exert bad influence on our work and life.
As students, we're also confronted with competition in our study and life, so it's very important for us to take a positive attitude to it. First of 'all, we can't be afraid of competition, but consider it as a stimulus for our growth. Then, besides trying our best to study hard to compete with others, we also need to be strong enough to endure the pressure that competition brings about.
[本题分数]： 106.0 分
【答案解析】
[写作要点] 本作文没有提纲提示，文体没有严格限制。
对题目加以判断和思考之后，考生应在心目中自己列出提纲。
根据以往写作经验，可将写作重点放在分析竞争带给人们的正反两方面的影响，然后提出作为学生，应以怎样的心态而对竞争。
[结构安排] 第一段：引入话题，指出生活中竞争无处不在。
第二段：分析阐述竞争带给人们的正反两方而的影响。
第三段：表明学生而对竞争的正确态度。
点评
1．结构闪光点
全文层次分明，结构严谨。
2．语言闪光点
(1)be connected with与……分不开
(2)aspect方面
(3)compete for sth.为……而竞争
(4)survival生存
(5)in the wild在野外
(6)for one thing，…，for another，…一方而……另一方面……
(7)bring about带来
(8)in turn反过来
(9)exert发挥
(10)be confronted with而临
(11)stimulus促进因素
(12)endure承受
二、Cloze（共20小题,共70.0分）There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
第1题
In every cultivated language there are two great classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words (1) which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we (2) , that is to say, from the (3) of our own family and from our familiar associates, and (4) we should know and use (5) we could not read or write. They (6) the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who (7) the language. Such words may be called" popular", since they belong to the people (8) and are not the exclusive (9) of a limited class. On the other hand, our language (10) a multitude of words which are
comparatively (11) used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little (12) to use them at home or in the market-place. Our (13) acquaintance with them comes not from ore" mother's (14) or from the talk of our
school-mates, (15) from books that we read, lectures that
we (16) , or the more (17) conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular (18) in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual (19) of everyday life.。